Kansas City Star provides a good recap of the importance of the Iraq mission---the mass graves for 400,000 Shias and political opponents, and 180,000 Kurds:

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/18...raqs-mass.html

KRG Dispute Committee maps of the Anfal actions:

http://krg-dagb.org/english/maps.php

None of this addresses the hundreds and thousands killed individually.

The true narrative of the Iraq War lies somewhere in these figures and maps (and slit trenches across the deserts), as is the challenges faced on the ground in its aftermath by the military and Iraqis, and the legacy and purpose of those US military efforts and losses.